Two Sikasa leaders killed

By Our Staff Reporter

NIZAMABAD, APRIL 17. Two Singareni Karmika Samakhya (Sikasa)
leaders were killed in an exchange of fire with the police in
Duganepalli village under Bellampalli sub-division of Adilabad
district on Monday.

According to reports, police, on a tip-off that the Bellampalli
rural Sikasa Central Organiser and local guerrilla squad
commander, Krishnapalli Yellaiah alias Srinu (25) and deputy
commander, Charkupalli Seenu alias Kiran (26) were taking shelter
in the house of a miner, rushed to the village. Police, after
cordoning off the area, made an announcement over a hand-held
mike to the naxalites to surrender.

The naxalites refused to heed the request and continued to stay
put in the house. The police made all efforts to ensure that the
naxalites surrender and as the last ditch effort they sent a
village servant, Jidi Lingaiah, to the house where the naxalites
were taking shelter to make an appeal.

As the request failed police managed to climb on to the roof of
the RCC house and made a hole and hurled teargas shells.
Thereafter heavy exchange of fire continued between the holed up
naxalites and the police. After two long hours of firing police
entered the house to find the bullet riddled bodies of the
naxalites.

According to a report from Karimnagar, the CPI-ML Janashakthi
group central organiser of Vemulawada, Chandurthi and Boinpalli
mandals, P Ganga Reddy alias Shivanna, was killed in an encounter
with the police between the Lingampeta and Sanugula village
outskirts under Chandurthi police station limits.